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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2010
 
C19.03 A digital rectal exam is an exam in which a doctor, nurse or other health professional places a gloved finger into the rectum to feel the ... prostate gland. Have you ever had a digital rectal exam? (DIGRECEX)
Denominator is male respondents 40 years of age and older.

Categories Yes
No
Total
% % N
Age Group: 44.6 55.4 254
      40-44
      45-54 67.3 32.7 723
      55-64 83.4 16.6 939
      65-74 90.3 9.7 645
      75 + 87.5 12.5 437
      Unk/Ref *** *** 17
Sex: 73.1 26.9 3,015
      Male
Race/Ethnicity: 74.3 25.7 2,547
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 73.2 26.8 285
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       67.4 32.6 66
      Hispanic 51.5 48.5 55
      Unk/Ref 69.1 30.9 62
Income Group: 59.9 40.1 255
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 64.3 35.7 466
      $25-$49,999 75.0 25.0 891
      $50-$74,999 75.5 24.5 456
      >=$75,000 76.6 23.4 673
      Unk/Ref 72.7 27.3 274
Education Level: 63.2 36.8 281
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 69.0 31.0 1,088
      Some college/Tech school 72.1 27.9 720
      College graduate 80.7 19.3 918
      Unk/Ref *** *** 8
Marital Status: 74.6 25.4 1,898
      Married
      Unmarried 68.5 31.5 1,099
      Unk/Ref *** *** 18
Employment Status: 69.4 30.6 1,443
      Employed
      Not employed 52.1 47.9 183
      Student/Homemaker *** *** 13
      Retired/Unable to work 84.0 16.0 1,362
      Unk/Ref *** *** 14
Grand Totals 73.1 26.9 3,015

SOURCE: 2010 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ***Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.
                Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses

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